Field Technical Services

NAES offers a broad portfolio of field tech services, including instrumentation and controls services that can improve your plant performance, reduce human performance errors, and mitigate your commercial risk. With our deep expertise on emissions control and material handling equipment at heavy industrial sites, we also provide engineering and consulting services to define and execute projects for our clients.

Instrumentation & Controls

Looking for an efficient, cost-effective way to improve your instrumentation and controls that does not lock you into an OEM service agreement? As an independent provider, we can upgrade or service your DCS, PLCs, and instrumentation to improve plant performance, reduce human performance errors and mitigate commercial risk. We offer a range of services, either individually or packaged to suit your particular needs.

Instrumentation Calibration

Calibration and Programming

I&C Shift Support

Process Troubleshooting via I&C Functional Verification

Commissioning and Startup Support

I&C Oversight and Management

Building Loop Packs

Shooting Loops and Loop Tuning

P&IDs and Schematics: Verification and Redlining

VFD Programming and Commissioning

Testing and Upgrades

DCS, PLC and Instrumentation Upgrades

Site Acceptance Testing: PLC or DCS Programs

Factory Acceptance Testing: PLC or DCS Programs

Case Study

ACI/DSI & Material Handling Systems

NAES offers a broad portfolio of instrumentation and controls services that can improve your plant performance, reduce human performance errors, and mitigate your commercial risk – without locking you into a costly OEM service agreement. With our deep expertise in emissions control and material handling equipment at heavy industrial sites, we also provide engineering and consulting services to define and execute projects for our clients.

TPL-007 establishes planning criteria for induced currents caused by geomagnetic disturbances. The standard is applicable to facilities using transformer(s) with a high side, wye grounded winding operated above 200 kV and can require both submittal of general geomagnetic data (R2) and thermal impact assessments (R6) depending on results of Planning Coordinator analysis.

PER-006 requires Generator Operators to provide training to personnel who are responsible for the Real-time control of a generator. NAES has developed specific protection system training materials suitable for compliance with the Standard and provides this training both on and off site

PROTECTION AND CONTROL (PRC) STANDARDS

PRC-001

PRC-001 requires entities to coordinate protection system changes with other affected parties. NAES offers both procedural documentation and engineering services to establish the required coordination for both PRC-001 and PRC-027.

PRC-002

PRC-002 requires the installation and operation of disturbance monitoring equipment (DME) for applicable entities. NAES can assist with the design and installation of DME as well as ongoing compliance support.

PRC-023 requires load responsive protective relays be set according to criteria within the Standard to ensure settings do not limit transmission loadability. NAES provides full engineering analyses to maintain compliance with this Standard.

PRC-025 establishes minimum settings requirements for load-responsive relays protecting generators, step up transformers, and auxiliary transformers. NAES utilizes predefined calculation options as well as simulations to determine a facility’s compliance status and development of new relay settings if required.

PRC-026

PRC-026 requires applicable entities to perform load responsive relay settings analyses based on criteria identified within the Standard. Entities are typically notified by the Planning Coordinator when an analysis is required. NAES performs all required studies to establish compliance.

MODELING, DATA, AND ANALYSIS (MOD) STANDARDS

MOD-025

MOD-025 requires Real and Reactive Power capability testing for individual generating units over 20 MVA or facilities with over 75 MVA of generation capacity. NAES offers site specific test procedures and/or complete onsite testing services to meet the requirements of this standard.

MOD-026

MOD-026 requires verification of excitation or volt/var control dynamic models through utilization of either system disturbances or physical testing. NAES offers full testing and modeling services to meet the requirements of this standard.

MOD-027

MOD-027 requires verification of governor or active power/frequency control dynamic models through utilization of either system disturbances or physical testing. NAES offers full testing and modeling services to meet the requirements of this standard.